Improved typograph



No. 10,995 PATENTED MAY 30, 1854f R. s. THOMAS.

TYPOGRAPH.

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RQQbERT SJ THJ M'As F' wln hmetren, NGRTH CAROLINA.

' 1 "Speelfieatiohfoi iningpatt f-Letters'HatentNo-"10,995,dotmlM'ny 30,1854,

graphs; end- 1 herebydeelare'that the follow;

Similar, letters-of 'refe'renee indicate cbrre' c spondingparts-xin'eachgoftheseveral figures. i My ey nfiqn t n s mp c n Van ;cq sc dler nsed, 'ndhp re s will be hereinafter 'shown, by"which anyper lgcon'struct suitable, rr'ame3eonsistingio f tiyoflongitndinai' pieces, A-and B, with brass;- g iec s unitin them-at the *bottoinA Another" frame, C, 'eom'posedof'two longitudinal pieces- 7 j united at the ends. bycross-piecesb, slides in .volving freel y upon its journals inthe centers of' the'e'rjosapiecesb? The type-hblder -E is1a V barimade square abonttwo thi'rdsfofits length and cylindrical fer [the remainingportion,

, which is also muchjjsmaller' thanj the; sqi are th'esides-of thesquareijportion ,of "the -bar near its angles.- -'1hey-;are" diy'ide'd amongthe;

, -fon'r sides t omake-th'e machine more eqmpajctp than it would be if thety'pes were' arranged on one-side only. "The cylindrical portion of the bar E passes through an eye or ring, F, fixed no. the piece A,'whichform's a fulcrum for the barwhenin'userjThe other eh'dlotthe bar has a-handle,'G,, .On each of the'sides of E'is i'a'lp'ngitndinai'rqw, of holes,fso placed that their- ,ce'nters shallbe at the same distance apart. as the centerso f the types in the rows are, and cerresponding in number. A vertical pin, F, projects upward from the piece B of 'a size to .fit the h01es:in'E.,LjThe frame 0 is provided with a mph, 6, into' which -thje 'jspring-dog H3 1 takes. This'dog can be'raisedby'the cranklever "whenf required.- An upi ight, L, i5

proachvfsnfli'ciently near to ;prevent.1'nore thantheir upper surfaces with-suitable materialto held; the ink, and cpnstitnte theinking appam i f he machine;-

jolts operation. s asfollot'vsz' Thei springs'flli paper placed. rounditheeyli-iider D and there 'cbntaet withthe-inkingapparatus; 'He then. .bringsflthat 1e tter over; the space between the ends-of the springs M andN, and,- all'owinggthe "gnidepin F-to enter-thehole which corre-f sty'lesof type, if reqnired, Vhen a line is completed, the slidi ng. frame 0 is nioved more tween the lines. A v Having; thus f ully describedmy improvesliding frame 0', constructed and arranged sub- Witnesses Units. Evnnnmr, i

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.fi x'ed to thepiece Band acts asla g'nide'to'the- .rectly in n'de'r'the; types open-the bar 13, (when 7 the l atter-is in its working position, and apone letter at atiine acting upQn the paper on] thev cylinder D, These springs a'r'eeoveredon and N being supplied with ink and aisheet of secured by springs, the operator takes hold of the hifllldIQG, and, raising it,;.tnrns 'itnntil the e desired'letter' is underneath,"thenbrings itin' v V o nl i lie e'rt -wi e: Rand 'us'eimyj-inrent'ion, I will proceed to y-seribe ,i-tsgonstmetien,andepemtion. 1

spends-with that letter, presses the-bar down .with .a' force fsu'fiicient to produce the impres-c sio'nynpon the paper on the'cylinderand ov-er- -.comethe.resistance of the springs, the reaction of which lifts the type'lfromthe paper when" the pressure is renrioved. The. same operation-is Irepeatedywiththe succeeding letters, the eylinderD beingturned each time s'ufiici'e'ntly to Y ;1eave'a" proper distancebetween the letters.

Additional type-holders of'the same size and shape canbe' used,.containing other sizes and.

or 1ess, abcordin'g to the distance required be 7 ments, what I claim as my invention. and de 'sire to'secure by Letters Patent, is- 1 The 'type-holder'lE with its types and Gen s'responding g'nide holes or-their equivalents, in combination 'with'the pin F, the spri ng inking apparatus, zindgthegrevolvi'ng cylinder in its stantially in the manner and for the purposes .RQ s." THOMAS. I, 

